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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • fowleragency2006@mail.nu

Fraud email example:

From: VICTOR BROWN <brown4vicky@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:34:48 +0200
Subject: HELLO FRIEND, CONGRATULATIONS


OVERSEAS / EURO AFRO ASIA SWEEPS STAKES LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATIONS.
LONDON, ENGLAND.
REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/03 ,
BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-03
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

ATTENTION :

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent
lottery draws held on 10th September 2005.Your Name and Email
address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial
number 652-662 drew lucky number 7-14-18-23-31-45 which
consequently won 2nd category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00(UNITED STATES DOLLARS)

Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual Names,email
addresses from all search engines and web sites.
This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted
and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,
Bill Gates Of Microsoft inc, Multi Choice,Echina site and other
corperate organisations.This is to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your
winning informations confidential until your claims have been
processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse
of this programe by some particitants.

We look forward to your active participant in our next year
US$50 Million slot. You are requested to contact our clearance
officer below to assist you with your winning and subsequent payments.
All winning must be claim not later than one month
After the date of this notice.Please note,in order to avoid
unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change of addresses do inform
our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE;YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 20 YEARS
OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
Victor Brown
Operational Director ( EAASSL)
N/B:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS, CONTACT YOUR LOTTERY AGENTS
FOWLER & ADAMS AGENCY
CONTACT: MRS ELIZERBETH FOWLER / PROF. RAPHAEL ADAMS
ADD: 37 GREYSTOCK ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB1 8DS UNITED KINGDOM
EMAIL: fowleragency2006@mail.nu

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